Lewis Kneib, Co-Chair of the firm’s Los Angeles and Century City Corporate Department, focuses on corporate finance and company representation. Lewis is particularly skilled with transactions in the real estate, hospitality, gaming, and alternative asset management industries.
His practice includes:
In the corporate finance area, Lewis has represented issuers and investment banks in connection with numerous recent IPO and first-time issuer transactions, including those for:
Lewis continues to be active on equity and debt offerings for many of the above companies. Representative capital markets transactions also include those for numerous other real estate, hospitality, gaming, alternative asset management, and technology companies, including:
Prior to joining Latham in 2007, Lewis served as a law clerk to Judge John M. Walker, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Prior to attending law school, Lewis was a Certified Public Accountant in the assurance practice of KPMG LLP.
Chambers USA recognized the firm as a “powerhouse in the capital markets space.”
Chambers USA recognized the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice for “world class expertise when it comes to the most challenging transactions.”